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Limited Liability Company (Llc)
A business ownership structure that shields its owners' personal assets through the doctrine of limited liability (like a corporation) but has pass-through taxation (like a partnership), where profits (or losses) are passed through to the owners and taxed on their personal income tax returns.
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